Here is a surprise, okay maybe not. You would think that Senator Lourey would realize more then anyone the importance of protecting the family's that are suffering from a death of a son or a daughter in the war.
Yet she chose to vote no to protect these family's from protest. Keep in mind the bill does not say they can't protest because they can. The bill says they would have to be so many feet away from the funeral.
State Sen. Becky Lourey, whose son was killed in the war in Iraq, cast the only vote Thursday against a Minnesota Senate bill to ban protests and picketing at funerals and memorial services.
Lourey, a Democrat from Kerrick who is running for governor, did not speak out during the Senate debate on the protest ban, which stemmed from a series of demonstrations at military funerals across the country.
Yet she knew the whole time she would vote against a bill most everyone supports. This bill is nice because family's may never have to see the protesters. This is a good thing for those that are hurting because of the lose of a loved one.
But in a later interview Lourey said she believed her son fought and died for American freedoms that include free speech for protesters, even when the protesters' speech is considered hateful and ugly to most people exposed to it.
Wait just a minute here, you and your sons have said this war is not about protecting anything. You all believe this war is about one thing, and that is unjustified.
Yet now you get a chance to say my son fought to protect free speech, please give it Becky.
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